Professional Service

• 2022 6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications. Role: Associate Editor. Technical Committee. 03/2022 - present
• Advances in Applied Energy. Role: Associate Editor. Young Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2021 - present
• IEEE Open Journal of Industrial Electronics Society. Role: Associate Editor. Editorial Board - Associate Editor. 12/2020 - present
• 2021 4th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. Role: Publication Chair. Organizing Committee. 12/2020 - 07/2021
• 2022 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. Role: Special Session Chair. Organizing Committee. 06/2020 - present
• 2022 31st IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. Role: Technical Track Chair. Organizing Committee. 06/2020 - present
• Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Role: Associate Editor. Editorial Board - Associate Editor. 12/01/2019 - present
• Vehicular Technology Conference. Role: Technical Program Committee Member. Technical Program Committee. 12/01/2019 - present
• International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems. Role: Program Committee Member. Program Committee. 01/01/2019 - present
• IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Asia (ISGT-ASIA) 2019. Role: Technical Program Committee Member. Technical Program Committee. 01/01/2019 - 05/31/2019
• IEEE International Symposium on Industrial electronics. Technical Tracks Committee (Power Systems and Smart Grid). 01/2018 - 12/2019
• IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control. Program Committee. 01/2017 - 12/2017
• IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation. Program committee. 01/2017 - 12/2017
• IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications. Program Committee. 01/2017 - 12/2017
• IEEE IES Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. Technical Committee Member. 01/2016 - present

Honors & Awards

• Winner of DOE Energizing Rural Communities Prize. Department of Energy, 07/2023
• Second Prize of The Wilkes Center Student Innovation Prize (Advisor). Wilkes Center Student Innovation Prize, 05/2023
• Career Impact Award. University of Utah, 04/2023
• Acknowledgement and Recognition from US Secretary of Energy for Contributions in Bringing Power to Navajo Nation. U.S. Secretary of Energy, 08/2022
• CAREER Award. National Science Foundation, 02/2022
• Recognized as Top 15% Graduate Teacher of the College of Engineering for Spring 2020. University of Utah, 06/2020
• IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Best Reviewer of 2018. IEEE, 08/01/2019

Internal Service

• Graduate Committee. Member, 06/2020 - present. Department service.
• Marketing & Outreach Committee. Member, 09/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• Faculty Search Committee -- Power & Control Area. Co-Chair, 09/01/2019 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

• Field trip to Dennehotso Chapter of Navajo Nation to investigate local power and energy issues. Partnered with the Navajo Administration to organize workshops. Partnered with the Navajo Administration to develop research and development proposals. 01/2020 - present

Affiliations

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member, 01/2010 - present

Outreach

• Deliver STEM Workshop with a PhD student at Salt Lake Valley Youth Center. 02/01/2023 - present

In the Media

• Reported by The 24th Navajo Nation Council that the University of Utah team, led by Dr. Mingxi Liu, assisted the Kayenta Chapter to secure a $1.3 M funding from the Department of Energy to deploy solar-based microgrid on native land. 04/2022.